By David Topping

Torontoist is one of fourteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list which is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse.

• Phillyist explored an impending implosion and lived to tell the tale.
• Gothamist marveled at the city’s new NYC-branded condom campaign––especially the use of a Toronto landmark in the advertising. (Also, fun fact: Gothamist turned five years old yesterday.)
• Tired of the worldwide Scientology protests? Torontoist totally isn’t: they covered the big downtown protest the day it happened, and followed up with an examination of all of the protests’ legality, according to hate crime laws, a few days later.
• LAist also got into the fray outside the “Anonymous” Scientology protests, netting a killer photo essay and some on-site video of the vociferous crew in their V for Vendetta masks.
• And would you look at that: SFist covered last Sunday’s thetan hatefest too.
• According to Seattlest, area travel author Rick Steves and the Washington state ACLU want to talk to you about legalizing pot.
• DCist took a good look at the results of the “Potomac Primary” and put together an interactive map that shows the breakdown of exactly why Washington, D.C. is Obama Country.
• Speaking of which, Austinist reported on Mayor Will Wynn (heh) endorsing Barack Obama.
• Chicagoist continues to be obsessed with all odd Obama accessories,
  like these
  fly one-of-a-kind, hand-painted kicks.
• And in non-Obama/Scientology-free news, Bostonist met with one of the wine world’s biggest renegades, Gary Vaynerchuk, host of the Wine Library TV podcast.

Photo by Phillyist’s Matt Johnson, SkyscraperSunset.com, December 19, 2007.